Tydeus lindquisti ( Marshall, 1970 )

Darbemamieh, Maryam, Kaźmierski, Andrzej & Paktinat-Saeij, Saeid, 2020, New records and remarks on Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Mazandaran province of Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 243-253 : 245

Tydeus lindquisti ( Marshall, 1970)

Diagnosis – Body covered with striation and lacking basket weave ornamentation. Dorsal idiosomal setae similar in shape, finely roughened. Cheliceral stylet shorter than palp tarsus. Dorsal striae broad and widely separated and connected in some places. Less than 20 striae between bothridial setae (bo). Remarks – The examined specimens had 17 or 18 striae between the bothridials.

This is the first record of this species from Iran ( Fig. 1 ). This species was categorized in genus Lorryia in its first description ( Marshall, 1970) and then Kaźmierski (1998) moved it to genus Tydeus .

Examined material – Alikia-Soltan region , Amol city, 33° 22ʹ 58.26ʹʹ N, 52° 18ʹ 17.34ʹʹ E, H: 252 m a.s.l., 5 May 2013, soil, 1♂ .

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus of Tydeus lindquisti (left) and its dorsal idiosomal striae (right).